Investigation Confidentiality Leak of Late Lee Yeram: Military Court Civilian Employee to Be Detained Today

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] Yang Mo, a civilian employee accused of leaking investigation details of the late Air Force Sergeant Lee Ye-ram's sexual assault case, faced detention proceedings on the 5th.

Yang appeared at the court at 10:30 a.m. to attend a detention hearing presided over by Judge Kim Se-yong of the Seoul Central District Court's warrant division. The decision on Yang's detention is expected as early as late afternoon on the same day.

Yang, who worked in the trial research department of the Ministry of National Defense High Military Court, is accused of informing Jeon Ik-su, Air Force Legal Office Chief (52, Brigadier General), about investigation details during a roughly seven-minute phone call before the Ministry of National Defense prosecution team raided the Air Force Headquarters Legal Office last year. Although the prosecution team filed charges against Yang in July last year, they dismissed the case, stating that the information passed to Jeon was not considered an official secret.

Special Prosecutor Ahn Mi-young (55, 25th Judicial Research and Training Institute) and her team filed a pre-detention warrant request for Yang the day before. This is the special prosecution team's first detention warrant request. The team explained the reason for the warrant application, stating, "Additional criminal charges were confirmed based on newly secured evidence through raids, digital evidence analysis, and interviews with related parties."

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